STEAG and DEG to launch Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project EMPOWERING with ASSIST

Sept. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- STEAG State Power Inc. and DEG, along with the Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) and other partners, are set to launch Project EMPOWERING: or Project Enhanced Monitoring System on poverty watch for a more Effective and Responsive Approach in Governance.

The project will focus on updating the database and information system of the Planning Offices of Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City. Six (6) municipalities from Misamis Oriental will be piloted for Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) implementation considering its strategic importance to the industrialization and eco-tourism potential of Northern Mindanao, and where the private sector collaboration on poverty reduction initiatives is quite limited.

The program will be held on September 19, 2011, 10am at the Grand Caprice Restaurant in Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City.

Dr. Bodo Goerlich, President and CEO of STEAG will be present to acknowledge guests and participants, while Ma. Teresa R. Alegrio, Community Relations Manager of STEAG will discuss the project overview.

Set to run from september 2011 to March 2013, Project EMPOWERING is jointly funded by STEAG and DEG.

DEG is a member of the KfW Bankengruppe (KfW banking group), which finances investments of private companies in developing and transition countries. As one of Europe's largest development finance institutions, it promotes private business structures to contribute to sustainable economic growth and improved living conditions.#

ASSIST is one of the program partners, along with the Department of the Interior and Local Government; CBMS Network Coordinating Team; Xavier University; and the LGUs of Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, Laguindingan, El Salvador, Opol, Tagoloan, Jasaan and Medina.

For this initiative, ASSIST is responsible for concept development, quality management, collaterals development, monitoring of data gathering process and facilitation of training and development of case studies.

ASSIST is an international non-government organization focused on capacity-building. It seeks to promote sustainable practices to address social problems in the developing world, with focus on Asia and Africa. It takes pride in its process-oriented approach to capacity building towards social improvement and sustainable transformation. Its goal is to empower its target groups to make them resilient to the social, economic and environmental challenges.

It is presently based in Makati City, but also has operations in India and Vietnam and manages projects in over 10 countries. Through its Partner to Progress philosophy, it has successfully implemented such projects in collaboration with the European Union, United Nation Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), USAID, International Finance Corporation (IFC), GIZ, and DEG/ KFW amongst other organizations. #

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Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) is an international NGO focused on capacity building. It seeks to promote sustainable practices to address social problems in the developing world, with focus on Asia and Africa.